有多少同学一看到shame就觉得是“羞耻，羞愧；丢脸，耻辱”的意思，实际上大家忽略了shame的另一层含义，那就是表示“可惜，遗憾”，所以what a shame其实表示“多可惜，真遗憾”，相当于what a pity。
🌰举个例子
"Douglas had to miss the school concert because he was ill."
"Oh, what a shame/that's a shame!"
“道格拉斯因病不能参加学校音乐会了。”
“哦，那真是太遗憾了！”
如果想要表达做某事太可惜了，可以搭配to do sth使用：a shame to do sth.
🌰举个例子
Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them.
再吃点蔬菜吧——浪费就太可惜了。
what a shame是用来表达可惜、遗憾，那么“羞愧，羞耻”用英文应该怎么表示呢？
① shame on you
（你）应该感到羞愧
注意：shame on后边要加宾格，比如：shame on him/her，而且语气不同时，shame on you的真正含义也有些不同，下面例句中的第一句就是表达愤怒，第二句则有玩笑的意味，就不能单翻译成“羞愧”啦！
Shame on you for being so mean.
你如此刻薄，应该感到羞愧。
You were in town and you didn't come and see us - shame on you!
你来过城里却没有来看我们——真不像话！
② die of shame
羞愧死了，羞愧难当
If anyone found out that I took the money, I'd die of shame.
如果有人发现钱是我拿的，我会羞愧死的。
③ to my shame
令（我）羞愧的是
To my shame, I never wrote and thanked Mary for her present.
令人羞愧的是，我从没有给玛丽写信，感谢她送的礼物。
④ put sb to shame
使（某人）感到羞愧
It puts me to shame that I still haven't replied to David's letter.
我还没有给戴维回信，真让我惭愧。
另外，put sb to shame还有另一层含义是“使...相形见绌”，通过比较使某人看起来not good，遇到了要结合语句来看它的真正含义哦。
Your cooking puts mine to shame.
你做菜的功夫令我自愧不如。
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